Plan on spending $3,750 to $3,850 per hour for direct operating costs. Aircraft reliability is a strong suit, and Learjet 60 seldom visits the shop between 300-hr./12-month maintenance intervals.

In a statement released Tuesday, the FAA said "the pilot of a Learjet 60 took off without clearance ... "The pilot of the JetBlue aircraft took evasive action and initiated a climb-out as the ...